#!/usr/bin/env bash # Guard an operation with a confirmation prompt. main() { if [ -t 1 ]; then confirmation_prompt="${1:-"Are you sure you want to continue?"}" read -r -p "$confirmation_prompt [Y/n] " ans if [[ "$ans" == "N" || "$ans" == "n" ]]; then echo "error: aborted!" 2>&1 exit 1 fi fi } main "$@"